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P-Funk: KKBT,
1993-99. P-Funk was part of the morning drive "House
Party." He now works at
PPi Technologies Global.Pace, John: KABC, 1957-58. John was general
manager at KABC. He was imported to KABC from Tulsa, where he chalked up
somewhat of a record by taking the lowest rated station and making it the
highest rated station in under 30 days. He also had a helicopter news
operation with Donn Reed and pilot Max Schumacher. John has passed away.Pacheco, Manny: KRLA, 1980-81; KDAY,
1981-84; KNAC, 1982-85; KRLA, 1985-89; KKBT, 1989; KOCM,
1990-91; KIKF, 1991-92; KMGX, 1991-94; KGIL, 1993; KRLA,
1993-98; KBIG, 1999; KIKF, 1999. Manny is active in the world of karaoke.Padden, J. Ray: KLAC; KIIS/KPRZ, 1981-82. J.
Ray is a Japanese-based exporter.

PAEN,
Alex: KMPC, 1975-80. Alex gained national attention
for his reports on the hostage crisis in Tehran.

Born
October 4, 1953, in Greenwich, Connecticut, Alex was raised in
Massachusetts and he graduated from UCLA in 1973 with a degree in
communications. In 1979 with only a few years of newscasting
experience, Alex flew to Tehran, Iran to report on the American
hostage crisis where he gained unprecedented access to interviews
with the militants and received the first recorded message from an
American hostage. He also delivered more than four million Christmas
cards and supportive letters to the captive Americans. Alex is the
World Affairs Correspondent for KCBS/Channel 2. Additionally, he
produces and hosts two nationally syndicated tv shows, Animal
Rescue and State Police.

"Previously, I hosted
and produced Emergency with Alex Paen for several years." Alex
reported on international affairs for KTLA/Channel 5, KABC/Channel 7 and
KCBS/Channel 2. Alex owned a radio station in Bullhead, Arizona.

PAGE,
Don: KLAC,
1962-63 and 1968-76; KGIL,
1974-75; KFI,
1974-75. Don distinguished himself as the radio critic and tv sports
columnist for more than two decades (1956-73) at the Los
Angeles Times.

At KLAC he hosted a 15-minute commentary
called "Saturday Sports Page" and was the creator and host of
"Inside Radio," a 2-hour Sunday show featuring industry guests. At
KGIL Don provided color commentary for the High School Game of the
Week.He was born "a driver and
nine-iron from Dodger Stadium" and grew up in the San Fernando Valley.
Don went to Van Nuys High, L.A.ValleyCollege
and the "University of the L.A.
Times."

On KFI he aired "Don Page's Notebook,"
which included stories of the human condition. His variegated career
includes writing for Jack Webb, book editor for Steve Allen,
co-author of Did You Whittinghill This Morning?
and presiding as past board member of the Pacific Pioneer
Broadcasters. He considers the quarter-century from 1950 to 1975 the
Golden Age of Southern California Radio. "Radio was long on talent
and short on time. Today radio is long on time and short on talent."
He believes the "star factor" is missing in today's radio. "There
are too many chairs and not enough talent."

Don
looks back at his experience in covering radio and sports for the Times
as his greatest experience. "I'm lucky I got in very young and got out
young. It had its marvelous moments." Don wrote a general interest column
that is syndicated in the 11 Western states.Don was executive director for the
Southern Caifornia Sports Broadcasters Association. He also wrote for the
Tolucan Times.
He died July 10, 1998. He was 64.

Page, Donna: KNX,
1998-2008; KFWB, 2009-12. Donna
worked for a number of stations in San Diego before joining
Shadow Traffic in Los Angeles, primarily working at KNX. She left KNX in early
fall of 2008. Donna broadcasts traffic at KFWB and in the Antelope Valley.

(Bill Pearl, Tim Pohlman, Steve Parker, and Jason Pullman)

PAGE, Patti:
KGIL, 1998. Born Clara Ann Fowler on November 8,
1927, Patti became knownas “The Singing Rage,” becoming one
of the most popular Pop singers with hits like the 1950’s
Tennessee Waltz (13 weeks at #1 on the Billboard
chart), How Much is That Doggie in the Window,
Old Cape Cod
and Allegheny Moon.
By the 1970s, she had embraced Country music. She was one of the few
vocalists to have made the Country charts in five separate decades.

During the 1950s, Page regularly
appeared on a series of network television shows and programs,
including The Dean Martin Show,
The Ed Sullivan Show,
and The Steve Allen Show. This eventually led to her
acquiring some television specials of her own during the 1950s.
Patti appeared with Burt Lancaster in the 1960 film Elmer
Gantry.

Until shortly before her death, Page
was a host of a weekly Sunday program on the Music of Your Life
radio network, which aired on KGIL in the late 1990s.

In 1997, Patti was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.
She will be posthumously honored with the Lifetime Achievement
Grammy Award in 2013. She died on January 1, 2013, at the Seacrest
Village Retirement Community in Encinitas, California. Patti was 85
years old.

Pagliochini,
Nicholas: KTLK, 2007-13. Nicholas is a traffic voice with Total Traffic and
is heard at KFI and KTLK. He was a Golden Pylon (recognition for traffic
reporters) winner in 2010 and 2012.
Paige, Ashley: "Lite 92.7fm,"
2000-02; KZLA, 2003-06; KKGO, 2009-12. Ashley was part of the morning team with Peter
Tilden at KZLA until a format flip in late summer to 2006. She co-hosted the
morning show at Go Country until late summer 2012. In 2010, Ashley and her
husband opened East Coast Pizza Company in Simi Valley.Paige,
Molly: KWNK; KABC; KIBB; KRLA, 1999-2000; KCBS/fm, 2001-04; KPFK, 2005-07;
KABC, 2010-11. Molly is part of NBC News Radio, based in Washington, DC.Paige,
Natalie: Natalie works for one of the traffic services and is heard on a
number of L.A. stations.Painton, Scott: KMPC, 1984-87. The former
Transtar "Format 41" announcer is a recording
director for Bisk/Total Tape Publishing in Tampa.Painton, Yvonne: KFI, 1983-84; KFWB,
1984-85; KHJ/KRTH, 1985-87. Yvonne is president/ceo of
MaxCommunications in Tampa.

PAISLEY,
Jamie: KUSC, 2011-13. Jamie is
host on KUSC from midnight-2 a.m. on Saturdays and also serves as
the station's music director. Jamie began his radio career while
studying Classical Vocal Education at Ithaca College in Central New
York. There, he hosted WICB's longest running program. As a
performer, Jamie has sung on the mainstage of Chicago's House of
Blues, across Ireland, on NBC and most recently, at the Harmony
Sweepstakes national a cappella competition in San Francisco. In his
spare time, Jamie can usually be found at the New Beverly or Aero
Cinemas indulging his other love: film.

PARDUE, Rita:
KWNK, 1988-90; KCSN, 1993-98; KKLA,
1998-2004; KHTS, 2005; KRLA, 2006; KPCC, 2007-13. Rita
is production
manager/imaging voice at
KPCC, and recently celebrated 30
years in broadcasting.
Born in Indiana, she
grew up in St. Louis. “I
started singing at 16
years old and toured
across the country
performing at major
hotels and supper
clubs,” said Rita. “I
opened for name acts
including Harry
Blackstone Jr., George
Burns and Pia Zadora.
Also did some acting in
film and television
work, too. I sang with
the original cast of
Jubilee at the MGM
Grand Hotel in Las Vegas
in 1981.

Rita started her next
career in radio and
returned to college at
the University of Las
Vegas and worked at
KORK-Las Vegas, where
she was a news reporter.
Simultaneously she was
hosting a talk show,
Paying Dues at KUNV-
Las Vegas.

“At
that time my faith walk
became very important in
my life,” continued
Rita. “I rededicated my
life and moved to Los
Angeles to pursue my
dreams in children's
radio.”

She received a Master’s degree
in radio & tv broadcasting from
Cal State Los Angeles. “In 1998, I received
the NBC 4 and YWCA's Incredible
Women Making History Award
signed by Mayor Richard Riordan
for my contributions at the Los
Angeles Children's Museum
recording studio, The
Nothing-To-Do-Funshop series,
teaching numerous children's
radio workshops at the museum
and local schools, and my work
at Radio Aahs, KPLS AM830.”

Since 2007,
in addition to her production
assignment at KPCC, she owns a
freelance production company,
Angel Wings Productions. “I also
teach audio production thru Los
Angeles Valley College Extension
Program.”

Parisi,
Brandi: KKGO/KMZT, 2006. Brandi worked for Mt. Wilson's KKGO/KMZT as a
swinger.Parisi, Michelle: KNAC, 1992-95. Mikki, as
she was known at KNAC, is now known as Ally McSqueal at KNAC.Com.She
produces and does on-air interviews for Hollywood Hamilton's syndicated
Weekend Top 30 countdown show.

Park,
Andy: KMPC, 1963-68; KFWB, 1968-69. Andy moved to Northern California and
was a wedding photographer for a number of years. Andy died September 25,
2009, of prostate cancer. He was 77.Parke,
Jeffrey: KCAL/KOLA, 1987-2009. Jeffrey is the general manager of the two
Inland Empire stations.Parker, Don: KCMG, 1998-2000. Don is
pd at KMEL-San Francisco.Parker, Gary: KGIL, 1966-69. Gary is an
insurance broker in Omaha.Parker, Mike: KBBQ, 1967-69; KFI, 1969-77.
The former KFI news director is a reporter anchor at WBBM/TV
in Chicago.Parker, Norm: KJOI, 1972-74. Norm was last
heard in Round Rock, Texas.Parker, Ryan: KDAY, 1984. Unknown.Parker, Star: KMPC, 1996. Star is founder
and president of the Coalition on Urban Renewal and
Education, an educational center and research foundation in
Los Angeles. She is a syndicated columnist.Parker, Steve: KMPC/KTZN, 1996-97;
KIIS/AM/KXTA, 1997-2000. Steve is the "Car Nut" and he does a regular talk
show on TalkRadioOne.com.Parker, Tim: KMPC,
2001-05. Tim left his pd post at all-Sports KMPC 1540/The Ticket at the end
of 2005. He's now the operations manager at NBC Sports Radio. Parker, Todd:
KKHR, 1983-86; KNX/fm, 1986; KPWR, 1986-93. Todd has
moved to Las Vegas and is working in the mortgage industry. He's still doing voiceovers,
primarily in the field of audio books. Parker, Tom: KOST, 2001. Tom
is director of communications for Oregon Partnership, based in Portland.Parker, Wes: KABC, 1987.
Wes is on the board of directors at the Braille Institute in L.A., and he
runs a sports class at the Braille Institute.

PARKS,
Dave. KWVE,
1993-2007.Dave, a longtime host
of the Saturday Morning Kids Show on KWVE (K-Wave 107.9/fm) where he
was known as ‘K-Dave,” died in his sleep on April 18, 2009. He was
54. Parks had a stroke in
2007, as well as some later medical complications.

“K-WAVE lost a longtime staff member last weekend who was one of
those creative individuals who can never really be replaced,” said
KWVE gm Richard McIntosh. “The
Saturday Morning Kid's Show will never be the same. Dave, thank you
for your dedication, whit and your ability to make people smile.”

Dave began at K-Wave in 1993,
when he worked the overnight shift. In 1995, Dave took on the
hosting and production duties of the Saturday Morning Kids Show
while at the same time continuing the overnight on-air shift. During
Dave’s tenure, the Kids Show popularity soared. Dave’s passion for
kids combined with his love for his work and ministry was clear.

Dave created and was the official co-host of
Woody the Bear. Dave additionally worked to take the Kids Show ‘on the
road’ and created the Saturday Morning Kids Show - LIVE, a 2 hour live
version of the on air show. SMKS LIVE featured a cast of 30+, including all
of the show's character favorites and was hosted a few times to thousands of
kids and their parents at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa. The SMKS LIVE show also
had a few 'stops' at local theme parks like Adventure City in Orange County.

Parlocha,
Bob: KKJZ, 2007-12. Bob works at all-Jazz, KKJZ.Parr, Russ: KLOS/KABC, 1978-85; KDAY,
1985-89. Russ hosts a national show on SupeRadio.Parr, Shawn: KIKF,
1988-92; KZLA, 1992-98 and 1999-2006; XSUR/KKGO, 2007-13. Shawn worked
morning drive
at Go Country KKGO until November 2013. He's planning to join Cumulus'
syndicated NASH/fm as the nighttime host after the first of the year. He has been the voice of Dick Clark Productions for many
years. He has been the announcer for The American Music Awards,
Golden Globes, and Academy of Country Music Awards.

PARRISH, Cathi:
KOST, 1992; KTWV, 1994-99;
KOST, 2000-07; KWVE, 2012-13. Cathi worked weekends at KOST. "I first got my feet wet in a variety of areas in the
radio broadcasting field in Chicago. I started off hosting public
affairs talk shows and got to meet my first celebrities while
interviewing authors of newly released books. After that I was on my
way up... that is, I got a job as a traffic reporter broadcasting
high atop the John Hancock Center on the 94th floor. The years ahead
included radio stints at Chicago stations like WLAK (Beautiful
Music), WMAQ (Country), WAGO (Top 40), WCKG (Classic Rock), and WIND
(Talkradio). After relocating to Southern California, I got a taste
of real Country when I began middays at 95.1 KFRG. Then in the years
to follow, I worked at KOST, KTWV, and Contemporary Christian. It's
a combination of all these jobs that helped to center me
professionally. I love learning, and I love how our technology
continues to advance. It leaves me wondering 'What's next?'"

She works mornings at KWVE-Las Vegas.

(Gene Price,
Jack Patterson, Pete Parsons,
and Bob Parlocha)

PARRISH,
Gene: KUSC, 1984-2009. Gene was a longtime
Classical music announcer at KUSC. He also wrote and produced
syhnidcated programs on worldwide jazz and Amercian Choral music.
Gene died January 2, 2009. He was 82.

“His radio career began in 1973 at KQED-San
Francisco. He was a natural,” wrote KUSC pd Gail Eichenthal.
“Within a few years, he was the nationally syndicated host of the
San Francisco Opera broadcasts. He moved to LA and KUSC 25 years
ago, and as recently as a week before his death, he was in
production on a feature for ‘Arts Alive,’ KUSC’s Saturday morning
arts and music magazine.”

Gene was a native Californian. He was born in
November 1926, and grew up in Glassell Park, Temple City and
Monrovia. Gene entered the Navy V-12 program at Occidental College
in 1944, transferred to Navy V-6 at UCLA, and then overseas before
his discharge in 1946. The radio bug struck him while studying
speech and radio broadcasting under Dr. Charles Frederick Lindsley
at Occidental. “On December 31, 1995, I left my day-job at KUSC to
pursue a kind of laid back, free-lance career,” he said when
interviewed for Los Angeles Radio People.

Gail continued her tribute:
“He had a most positive attitude through his
difficult illness: In reference to his lousy
prognosis, he told me philosophically, ‘I’ve
had a good run.’ Gene was a great supporter
of jazz musicians worldwide, through his
longtime series, Worldwide Jazz. He
also produced broadcast concerts from
Finland’s Kuhmo Festival, from the
Netherlands, and also hosted a nationally
heard choral program, The First Art,
for many years. Gene was a great
broadcaster, and a kind and humble man. He
was possibly the most easy-going on-air host
I’ve ever encountered. His longtime friend,
Grammy-winning record producer and conductor
Peter Rutenberg, said when he learned of
Gene’s death, ‘in all the hundreds of
programs Gene and I worked on together on
The First Art, there was not a moment’s
tension. Not a pebble in the stream.
Everything just flowed.’”

Parsons, Fred: KLAC, 1965-70. Last heard,
Fred was living in West Virginia.Parsons, Pete: KFWB, 1984-98. Pete writes Riverside and San
Bernardino County news each weekday morning via email for MetroNetworks.

PASCHALL, Benton:
KWIZ.
Ben
was 49% co-owner of KWIZ until 1965. Prior to that time he had been
executive vp and manager. Ben was born Lisle Benton Paschall in Olney, Texas
on September 28, 1913, and he grew up in Fresno. He studied music and
business administration at Fresno State where he originally wanted to be a
teacher. After sales jobs with Union Oil Co., and Bekins Van & Storage,
Ben joined the sales staff of KARM-Fresno. After managing a number of
stations, Ben bought Western Radio Sales rep firm.

In the early 1950s Ben
was the vp of the Western division of Gordon McLendon's Liberty Network. In
the mid-1950s Ben, along with Howard Tullis and John Hearne
bought KAFY-Bakersfield and KFXM-San Bernardino. A station
swap in 1959 gave Ben 49% ownership of KWIZ in exchange for his
piece of KAFY and KFXM.

Ben died of complications
from anemia and pneumonia on April 24, 2001. He was 87.

PASTORE

,
Frank: KKLA, 2004-12. Frank, KKLA afternooner since 2004 on the
Christian Talk station and a former Major League Baseball pitcher,
died December 17, 2012, from complications he suffered as the result
of a motorcycle accident a month before. He was 55.

In a bizarre kind of prediction, just
three hours prior to his November 19 accident, Pastore spoke of the
dangers associated with his love for motorcycles. On that day,
Pastore was discussing an episode of Through the Wormhole,
a tv show on the Science Channel hosted by Morgan Freeman. The
episode explored the possibility of life after death.

“Look, you guys know I ride a motorcycle, right?” Pastore asked his audience
three hours before he collided with a car as he rode down the 210 freeway
near Los Angeles.

“So, at any moment, especially with the idiot people who cross the diamond
lane into my lane, all right, without any blinkers – not that I’m angry
about it – at any minute I could be spread all over the 210. But that’s
(just) my body part, and that key distinction undergirds the entire
Christian worldview.”

His Talk show was named 2011 Radio Program of the Year by the National
Religious Broadcasters (NRB). “The Frank Pastore Show was specifically
selected for impacting listeners in a compelling, relevant, informative,
personable, and entertaining way, while demonstrating an authentic Christian
faith,” according to the NRB.

For 2006 and 2007, NRB named Pastore as ‘Radio Talk Show of the Year.’In announcing
the award, Salem Broadcasting, owners of KKLA said that “since January 2004,
this former professional baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds with
graduate degrees in both theology and political science has been engaging
Los Angeles listeners ‘at the intersection of faith and reason’ with candid
talk that grapples with news and burning issues of the day.”

Pastore
was born in Alhambra, on August 21, 1957, and made his major league debut as
a pitcher with the Cincinnati Reds on April 4, 1979. In a losing effort
against the San Francisco Giants, Pastore pitched three scoreless innings
that day. He stayed with the Reds until 1985 and played one season for the
Minnesota Twins in 1986.

After
baseball, Pastore studied business, philosophy, religion and politics at
various universities and became a born-again Christian.

Pat, Waco:
KTYM; KFOX, KABC, 1957-95. Waco died November 15, 2004, of pneumonia. He was
74.Patrik,
Sean: KNTF, 1990-91; KOCM, 1991. KFI, 1998-99. For time in the 90s, Sean was
host of The Psychic Friends Radio Network. He currently works at WYRY-Winchester,
New Hampshire.Patrick,
Dan: KSPN, 1999-07; KLAC, 2007-13. Dan left ESPN Radio on August 17, 2007. He
launched a new syndicated show and it airs in morning drive at KLAC.Patrick, Paul: KPSA, 1971-72. Unknown.Patterson, Bill: KFOX, 1961-72; KLAC, 1972;
KFOX, 1973. Bill lives on a farm in Ruston, Louisiana.Patterson, Jack: KHJ, 1974; KDAY, 1974-76
and 1981-91; KJLH, 1991-98. Jack works for D.M.X.Patterson, Langley: KAGB; KJLH, KKGO; KLON.
Langley played be-bop. Swing. A little blues. He scoured old
record stores for vintage records. He was stabbed to death
and found in an alley behind a doctor's office about three
miles from his home. Langley was going to dental school
part-time to try to supplement his earnings and was a
lieutenant in the California National Guard on weekends.
Langley was murdered February 20, 1985. He was 35.Patterson,
Tim: KEZY, 1988-89, KQLZ, 1989. Tim is working in vascular surgery in Laguna
Hills.Patterson, Tom: KGIL/KGIL-fm/KMGX,
1978-90; KNX/KCBS-fm/KODJ, 1990-99.
Tom is currently theBroadcast Supervisor for CBS Television
Network in Los Angeles.

PATTIZ,
Norm: CEO of Courtside Entertainment and founder of Westwood One,
Norm is considered a founding father of modern radio syndication.
Under his leadership Westwood One became America's largest provider
of news, sports, entertainment, talk, and traffic to the broadcast
industry. In the spring of 2013, Norm launched PodcastOne.com, a
one-stop site that offers shows from hundreds of online broadcasters
for listeners to browse and download.

He was appointed by
President Clinton and re-appointed by President Bush to serve on the
Broadcasting Board of Governors, overseeing all U.S. non-military
broadcast services, including the Voice of America and Radio Free
Europe. He was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2009
and that same year received the Giants of Broadcasting Award from
the Library of American Broadcasting.

Patton, Jim: KLOS, 1971-73. Jim died of a
heroin overdose in 1973.Paul, Byron: SEE Byron

PAUL,
Long: KNAC, 1986-94; KLOS,
1994-97.
Born Paul Long in Los Angeles, Paul grew up listening to L.A.
Rock radio. "When I was ten, I would sit on the floor with my little
turntable and a stack of 45s doing weekly top 10 countdowns."

He
attended the
University of
La Verne and studied radio
broadcasting at Mt. San Antonio College. In 1985 Paul started at
KCAL-Riverside. A year later he went to KNAC and stayed for eight
years. He hosts a syndicated show called "The Instrumentals of Rock"
for Utopia Network. In November 1994, Long Paul joined KLOS when
three longtime personalities were fired in an attempt to alter the
demographics. He moved from afternoon drive at KNAC to the same
shift at KLOS. He likened the opportunity to getting the call up to
the majors. Paul is a self-professed "baseball freak." Paul left
KLOS in the summer of 1997 and returned to KCAL.

He now lives
in Chandler, Arizona.

Paul, Nick:
KLAC, 1958-59. Following almost two years as part of the revised Big 5 at
KLAC, Nick went into the oil business. He passed away in 2004.Paulie: KHTZ, 1979. Unknown.Paulos, Cindy: KROQ, 1978.
Cindy is owner/operator of Bright Light Productions in Maui. She hosts Talk Story,
the longest running talk show on Maui, and has done numerous
voiceovers for commercials. Paulson, Dave:
KREL, 1970-74; KEZY, 1972-74;
KWIZ, 1972-73; KQLH, 1974.Since 1981, Dave has been involved in
radio projects in Northern California.Payerle, Teresa: KKGO, 1989-93; KUSC,
1993-94; KGIL, 1998-99. Teresa is a staff announcer for Deutsche Welle
Television in Berlin, Germany.

(Brian Perez,
Jane Penzell, David Perry, and
Nino Perez)

Payne, Bruce:
KGIL, 1969. Bruce is semi-retired and living near Sacramento in Folsom.Payne,
Charles: KFI, 2009. The financial analyst had a weekend show on KFI.Payne, Max: KROQ, 2001-02. Max is now working at a "Star"
station in Texas.Payne,
Mike: KDAY; XPRS, 1972; Mike died October 23, 2004. He was 59.Payne, Ted: KABC, 1989-97. Ted retired in
the spring of 1997. Ted lives in Jamul, California (just outside San Diego) with his wife
Dorothy.Peabody, Dick: KFI, 1971-72. The
former KFI afternoon talk show personality from 1971 and 1972
was the 6-foot-6 actor who portrayed the gentle giant farm
boy, Littlejohn, on the 1960s tv series Combat. Dick,
whose more than 120 television show credits included Gunsmoke,
also appeared in six motion pictures, including Support
Your Local Sheriff, starring James Garner. He died of
prostate cancer on December 27, 1999. He was 74.Pearl, Bernie: KLON, 1980-90;
KCRW, 1990-92. Bernie has
been a leading figure in the annual Long Beach Blues
Festival. He hosted a weekly show on WPMD.org.Pearl, Bill: KYMS, 1969; KWIZ/fm, 1969;
KLAC/KMET, 1971-73; KKDJ, 1971-72; KIIS, 1972; KKDJ, 1973;
KIQQ, 1973-74; KHJ, 1974-75; KRLA, 1976-77; KIQQ, 1977; KMPC,
1981-82; KABC, 1982-84 and 1986-91. Bill has a law practice
in Long Beach.

(Jeremy Price [Pritchard],
Tom Parker, and Phil Proctor)

Pedroza, Cecilia: KFWB, 1972-84. Cecilia
works in the family Pedroza Travel in the Fairfax district of
Los Angeles.Pendergrass,
Bernard: KABC, 1983-2007. Bernard was appointed apd at KABC in the summer of
2003. He left in the summer of 2008 following a Citadel downsizing.Pennacchio, George, KABC, 1999-2001. George
is the entertainment editor at KABC/Channel 7.Pennell, Brenda: SEE Brenda Barnes Pennington, Liz: KIKF, 1993-94; KEZY/KXMX,
1994-99; KOLA, 1999-2000; KFRG, 2000-06. Liz is working
weekends/fill-in/production at "K-FROG" as Julia Ribbitts.Penzell, Jane: KFWB, 1974-78; KIQQ, 1979-83; KSRF,
1983. Jane was the news director at KIQQ. She went on to host a talk show at
KUHL-Santa Maria, followed by newswriting at Financial News Network,
newswriter/announcer Audiotex, copy editor at the LA Times and work
at The Christian Science Monitor News Service. She now lives in
Charlottesville, Virginia.Pepper, Choral: KABC, 1972. The former
travel editor at KABC. Unknown.

PEREL, Larry:
KFI, 2013-15.
Larry grew up in the San Fernando Valley in the heyday of
FM Rock Radio in the 70’s. “Jim Ladd, Mary
Turner and the crew at KMET were my constant companions and the
soundtrack that played when I ditched class for the beach, came home
from school or saw friends on the weekends,” said Perel. He loved the
‘Mighty Met’ format and the ‘romanticism’ of radio in general.

Larry graduated from Taft High School in Woodland Hills and went on to
earn a degree in Communications and Film at the University of Oregon.
Larry started in promotions at ‘Magic 61’ KFRC in San Francisco,
eventually producing remote broadcasts for morning Bay Area giant,
Dr. Don Rose. Perel moved into film production for a
few years but never lost the love for radio.

“I landed a job as
a producer and news anchor for the John & Jeff show and
a short time later, connected with the head of HR at Clear Channel. That
led to a job working as an assistant news editor at KFI,” said Larry.

“It was a huge wake-up call and incredible education on the
inner workings of a top notch news operation and gave me a solid
foundation in the format,” continued Larry. “Several demos and the kind
ear of KFI’s news director, Chris Little got me a gig
working as an Airborne Traffic Reporter at Total Traffic Network.” Perel
flew for a number of Southland stations broadcasting traffic conditions
before landing the morning drive traffic anchor for KTIE in the Inland
Empire. When Total Traffic merged with Metro Networks, Larry was
grounded. Through the merged company, he picked the news anchor position
at KRLA.

“During this time, I continued to send demos and
airchecks to KFI. I think Chris just got sick of seeing stuff from me in
his in box and decided to hire me as a fill-in news anchor. I started
working overnights at KFI in the fall of 2012 and began filling as a
news anchor during Bill Handel and Tim Conway
Jr.’s shows.” Larry is now a weekend anchor Sunday afternoons
and fill-in.

Perelli,
Angela: KYSR, 1995-2001 and 2004-05. Angela left her program director
position at "Star 98.7" in late 2001 only to return in early 2004. She is
with the Randy Lane Company doing morning show consulting.
Perez y Perez, Abel: KLAX, 2000. Abel works
at "LaLey 97.9fm."Perez, Brian:
KYMS, 1992-1995; KKLA/KLTX/KIEV/KRLA, 1995-05; Premiere Radio Networks,
2001-2003; KWVE, 2004-present. Brian is the program director, operations
director and morning
host at KWVE-San Clemente.Perez,
Cristina: KABC, 2015. TV Judge Cristina started a midday Talk show at KABC
in January 2015 and left in May of the same year.

(Les Perry, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Bob Pond, Russ Powell, and Mike Powers)

Perez, Gil:
KEZY, 1985-89; KFI/KOST, 1989-2001; KEZY, 1994-99. Gil is part
of the production team at KFI/KOST. He teaches part-time in the Fullerton
College radio program.Perez, Maclovio: KNX, 1979-96. Mac
was a longtime Channel 2 weatherman. He is now the weather forecaster for a
Corpus Christi tv station.Perez, Nino: KCMG, 1999-2001;
KMVN, 2008. Nino did weekends, Old Skool Friday Nights and fill-in
shifts at Movin' 93.9/fm.Perkins,
Elaine: KFWB, 2008-13. Elaine was a news anchor at all-News KFWB.Perlich, Martin: KMET, 1972; KFAC, 1987-89;
KKGO/KKJZ, 1989-91; KUSC, 1996-97; KCSN, 2003-08. Martin was program/music
director at KCSN, the California State University, Northridge radio station,
until the spring of 2008.Perlich,
Miles: KKJZ, 2006-13. Miles hosts a weekend show at all-Jazz, KKJZ.Perrin,
Lloyd: KNX, 1972-76. Lloyd was one of L.A.'s "top mobile field reporters,"
according to LA Times radio columnist Don Page. He died
suddenly in the 1980s. Perry,
Brandon: KXLU. Brandon is general manager at KXLU.Perry, David: KWST, 1975-76; KMET, 1976-82;
KLOS, 1984; KHTZ, 1985; KMET, 1986-87; KLSX, 1989-92. David
became owner of several stations in Santa Barbara and since has sold them.
He now does mornings at KTYD-Santa Barbara.Perry, Ed: KRLA, 1961; KDAY; KIEV, 1969-76;
KIKF, 1990. Ed was working part-time at WW1's Soft AC format.

PERRY,
Rachel: KLSX, 2006. Rachel was Adam Carolla's sidekick for the first three
months of the KLSX Howard Stern replacement show. She left in April 2006.
The Canadian host is seen on various reality tv shows and appeared on an
episode of CSI: New York. She grew up in
Brockville, a small town in Ontario, Canada and attended Toronto's York
University. She began her television career as a VJ for the popular Canadian
music channel, MUCHMUSIC, hosting various programs.

Following her three-year stint
with MUCHMUSIC, Perry provided interview segments with various hockey players
for ESPN's Cool Shots, and later was hired by the Metro Channel in New
York to work on its live music show, The Daily Beat. She next served as
host of VH1's morning music show Jumpstart and VH1 News. Perry has also
been a host for VH1's reality show Stripsearch, Top 20 Video Countdown,
Maxim Hot 100, and contributed to various red carpet
specials. Additionally, Perry hosts the syndicated radio show, Weekly Rewind,
for VH1 and WESTWOOD ONE.

Perry also has served as a New
York correspondent for the daily entertainment news show EXTRA, and
sideline host for NBC's Gravity Games and Pro Beach Volleyball
Tour. Additionally, she can be seen in the independent movie Searching for
Bobby D.

Person-Lynn,
Isidra: KACE, 1986-95; KJLH, 2000-08. Isidra served as news/public affairs
director at KACE (103.9/fm) and host of Sunday Morning Live. She is
the Communications Specialist at Charles R. Drew University.Perun,
Steve: KIIS, 1994-96. The former program director at KIIS runs a consulting
business. Peschuitta, Claudia: KFWB,
2002-07; KNX, 2008-15. Claudia is a reporter for the all-News station.Peters, Arlen: KNX, 1968-75. Arlen wrote and
directed for the CBS Radio Network and CBS Dimension shows.Peters, John: KKDJ, 1973-75; KEZY, 1976;
KUTE, 1979-82; KEZY, 1982-83. Last heard, John was working in
real estate.Peters, Keith: KWVE, 1990-97; KKGO, 1994-99.
Keith did the Saturday shift at KKGO. His hobby is Lionel
trains.

(Tony Pigg, Gil Perez, Todd Parker,
and Miles Perlich)

Peterson,
Dale: KGBS, 1968. Dale is a former general manager at KGBS.
He has passed away.Peterson, Gerry: KHJ,
1974-75. In late 2002, Gerry (Cagle) left Network Magazine Group after 10
years and is with Musicbiz.com.Peterson, Gregg: KABC, 1966-68; KNX,
1978-82; KELT, 1999-2002. Gregg was the gm at "Lite
92.7" in Riverside.Peterson, Jay: KWVE, 1999-2001. Jay is a school bus driver in San
Diego.Petti, Ralph: KFI, 1972. The former general
manager at KFI is living in Oregon. He was general manager at KUGN. In the
mid-1970s, Ralph was the football voice for the Univeristy of Oregon.

PEWTER,
Jim: KMET, 1970-73;
KRTH, 1973-75, pd;
KRLA, 1983-85, pd. A
native of St. Paul, Jim attended the
University
of Minnesota.
He developed an interest in rock 'n' roll when he interviewed Buddy
Holly, Chuck Berry, Alan Freed and Fabian for the
local newspaper. He graduated from Brown Institute of Radio
Electronics in Minneapolis
and later studied drama with Jeff Corey in Hollywood.

In the Armed Forces in the 1960s,
Jim became pd and all-night dj of the Munsan-Ni station of the Armed
Forces Korea Network.

Jim arrived in the Southland in
1959. "KFWB was the best sounding and most fun station that I had
ever heard. The 'Seven Swingin' Gentlemen' will always be a memory
in the soundtrack of my life," said Jim. He startedas a singer and had a
regional hit, then wrote songs for Gene Vincent, Jan and Dean, Dick
Dale and Bobby Fuller.

In 1968 he formed Playground
Records. In the early '70s, KMET hired Jim on Sunday evenings to
play music of the '50s and '60s along with interviews with singers
from that era. Jim was a consultant for the live
Rock 'nRoll Revival shows in
New York and was also heard weekends over WPIX-New
York. He also did a weekend Oldies show at
KRTH before he became pd in 1973. He was voted 1974 Oldies Program
Director of the Year.

During the 1970s he produced specials
with Roger Christian and Dick Clark. They
launched a syndicated special called
The Beach Years, and other specials included
The Legend of Buddy
Holly and The Frankie Valli Story.
Jim co-produced and co-hosted Dick
Clark's 20 years of Rock 'n Roll which was syndicated on over 250
stations. He joined KRLA in August 1983 as pd. Jim stepped down as pd of
KRLA in 1985 but continued with a weekend show. He produced his own roots
albums which included Bo Diddley, John Lee Hooker and Little Walter. Jim
continued on Armed Forces Radio with an oldies show he'd been doing since
1966. He acted as research consultant for Columbia Pictures’
La Bamba.

For three years beginning in 1988, Jim
hosted a morning radio show for FM Yokohama in
Japan. He lives in Ojai with his wife Judy
and their two daughters, where Jim compiles and produces CDs.In the fall of 1995 his label,
Playground Records released Pulp Rock Instrumentals.

Peyton, Ray: KRLA, 1980-83; KKLA,
1994-95; KCAA, 2003-07.
In the early fall of 2007, Ray was convicted of five counts of sexual
assault with a minor. He was sentenced to 66 years to life. His case is in
the appeal process.Pflug: Joanne: KMET, 1967. Joanne is the
former star of M*A*S*H.Phelps, Brian: SEE Mark & BrianPhilbin, Regis: KABC, 1972. Regis starred in
the tv show Live! With Regis and Kelly. He left the show in 2011.
Regis hosts various projects.Phil the Thrill: KKBT, 1994-97. Phil
Hernandez was part of the scene at "the Beat."Phillips, Doc: KMET, 1985.
In
the late 1980s, Doc moved to Austin. He's the morning man for Smooth
Jazz 92.1/106.3, KQJZ/fm.Phillips, Irving: KDAY, 1960-62. Unknown.Phillips, John: KBCA, 1978;
KKJZ, 2006. John worked all-nights at the all-Jazz station and he left in
the fall of 2006.Phillips,
John: KABC, 2007-15. John joined the KABC morning show in late July 2012. He
now hosts middays with Jillian Barberie.Phillips, Marshall: KLOS, 1972; KWST,
1978-80; KLSX, 1987. Marshall is at KZZO-Sacramento.

(P-Funk, Matt
Pinto, Judge Cristina Perez, and Regis Philbin)

PHILLIPS,
Mike: KRTH, 1990-2001. Mike retired from his pd slot at
"K-Earth" in the fall of 2001. He passed away October 16, 2006, of
pancreatic cancer, at the age of 64.

Mike
was a legendary personality and programming
executive. He had much success as
a program director for a number of stations in San Francisco
plus K-EARTH in the Southland. Mike was one of the original
610 men at KFRC-San Francisco in 1966. “Mike had a great and
wonderful career,” said “Big” Tom Parker. “He invented the
format that eventually became Soft AC with KOIT. A very
successful guy with many different formats. What he
did with K-EARTH was nothing short of incredible. They were
14th when he took over and kept them in the Top 5
the whole time he was there.”

"I thought Mike
Phillips’ KRTH was one of the best radio stations I’d ever
heard,” emailed consultant Bill Tanner.

Mike started his
broadcast career at KISN-Portland in
1960, then went to KJR-Seattle for
three years beginning in 1962. His first pd'ship was
KNBR-San Francisco in the mid-1960s. Mike did
mornings at KFRC-San Francisco from 1966 to 1972 and then
went to RKO sister station WXLO-New York. After a half
decade as pd and air talent at KGW-Portland, Mike was in San
Francisco during most of the 1980s.

He worked at KYUU and
was vp of programming for the NBC/FM division before moving
on to K101, KFRC and KOIT.After a two-year stint at the
Research Group in Seattle in 1987, Mike became vp of
programming for WTMX-Chicago. His successful strategy at
KRTH was to drop hundreds of songs from the play list,
tighten up the format with consultant Bill Drake's
help, and hire former "Boss" jocks Robert W. Morgan
and The Real Don Steele.

Phillips,
Sam: KLSX, 1999-2001 and 2004-09. Sam co-hosted the The Single Life Show
on KLSX, The FM Talk Station until a format flip to AMP RADIO on 2.20.09.
She is now a centerpiece on FMTalkLA.com.Phyllipz, Tazy: KCXX/KUCI, 1999-2001. Tazy
works in the Inland Empire station.Pichardo, Diego: KACD, 1996-97. Diego is an account services rep for
Cox Communications in San Diego. Pickens, Hal: KFWB, 1965; KBLA, 1966-67;
KDAY, 1968-69. Hal is living in Tulsa.Piech, Patti: KCBS,
1998-2005; KFI, 2006-07. Patti was a newswoman at KFI. Pierce,
Brad: Since 1987, Brad has worked at Westwood One's Oldies Channel.Pierce, David: KPPC, 1963-71. For the past
17 years David has been sales manager at Fox 15/TV in
Lafayette.Pierce, Paul "Panther": KMPC,
1960-80; KRLA, 1980. Paul was the aerospace editor for KMPC
and a colorful traffic reporter for 20 years. He was famous
for his "odes" to the sunrise each morning as he
was driving from the "beach" and it was usually his
first traffic report. He won four individual Golden Mike
awards. Paul grew up in Detroit and was one of the original
scriptwriters for "The Lone Ranger" series. Paul
died March 11, 1998, at the age of 87.Pierre, "Lucky": KHJ, 1961-63;
KGFJ, 1968-74; KUTE, 1974-84; KACD, 1996-98. Lucky is active
with the Hispanic community and appears at local dance
nightclubs and hosts special party nights.Piersal, Jim: KABC, 1965. KABC was in the
second season of experimenting with "SportsTalk"
and the author of Fear Strikes Out and a major
league baseball player co-hosted the program during the
off-season in 1965.

(Donna Page, Ashley Paige, Ross Porter, and Tony Potts)

Pigg, Tony:
KPPC, 1972. Tony is the announcer on Live With Regis & Kelly.Pilat, Julie: KYSR,
2010-13. Julie was program director at KYSR (98-7) and apd/md at KIIS for
many years. In the summer of 2013, she joined Jimmy Iovine's music
subscription service, the BEATS. Pina,
Jaime: XETRA, 2006. Jaime was with XETRA.Pinckney, John: KLON, 1981-85. John is a
loan officer in Victorville and works morning drive at a
local station.Pinedo, Ruth: KLOS, 1973-85. The former md is now living in
Washington, DC.

PING,
Brian: KNX, 2011-15. Brian joined the
KNX staff as a news anchor in April 2011 after three years at
KDWN-Las Vegas. Before that, he was the morning anchor for
WROK-Rockford, Illinois and news director for KRMS-Osage Beach,
Missouri. He has also worked for KTRS in his original hometown of
St. Louis and has written for the St. Louis Business Journal.

Brian became a fan of news radio at an early age, listening to his
beloved Cardinals as a child on summer evenings, and the news
broadcasts that would follow. His love of current affairs and
history would carry him to a degree in Political Science from the
University of Missouri. He has also received professional training
at St. Louis’s renowned Broadcast Center.

Brian has family roots in Southern California. His grandfather worked as a
recruiter for the Howard Hughes Corporation and raised his family in
Torrance. Brian’s grandmother still lives in a house near La Jolla’s
Windansea Beach that’s been in the family since the early 20th century. The
Midwestern kid fell in love with the ocean and the California lifestyle
during his visits growing up, and dreamed of some day living there.

Brian spent a year working as a deckhand on board the Yorktown Clipper, a
small cruise ship that sailed Alaska, Baja California, Costa Rica, the
Panama Canal and the Caribbean. He maintains a boundless love of travel and
exploring new places.

An avid runner who has competed in several half-marathons, Brian can usually
be found running along the streets near his home in Culver City. He also
enjoys hiking, swimming, boating, softball, biking to the beach, and
enjoying all of the culture, cuisine and other attractions that Los Angeles
has to offer.

Pinsky, Dr. Drew: KROQ,
1984-2015; KGIL, 2007-08; KABC, 2015. Dr. Drew hosts "Loveline" with Psycho
Mike Catherwood at KROQ. In early 2015, the pair hosted a midday show at
KABC. Pinto, Matt: KFOX,
1983-84; KTLK, 2005-07. Matt was the play-by-play voice of the NBA LA
Clippers. He is now the radio voice for the Oklahoma City Thunder, the
flagship station for the Thunder Radio Network.Piolin, KSCA,
2003-13. SEE
Eddie ‘Piolin’ SoteloPiombino, Rich: KMET,
1983-86; Westwood One, 1986-87. Rich is cio of RBPInc., which is a concert
promotion and event production company. He's based in Atlanta.
Piotrowski, Casey: KORG, 1979; KWRM,
1980-81; KFOX, 1981; KWIZ, 1981-88. Casey is a Beatles expert and hosts The
Beatles Show at WPMD.org.Platt,
Jane: KMET, 1977-78; KABC, 1978-79; KLOS, 1979-80; KRLA, 1981-85, West Coast
Correspondent for ABC Radio Network (with some reporting for the ABC-TV
Network NewsOne affiliate feed), 1986-94. Jane is currently News Chief for
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, and does podcasts. Plum, Nancy: KYMS, 1973-74; KGBS/KTNQ,
1976-79; KHTZ, 1979; KMPC, 1979-80; KFAC, 1984; KFI, 1984-88; KLAC, 1988-91;
KRTH, 1991-92; KYSR, 1992-93; KFWB, 1993; KRLA, 1994; KLSX, 1997; KFWB,
2000-04. Nancy is semi-retired and lives in Lexington, Kentucky. She does
fill-in news and traffic for the Cumulus stations in Lexington. "I promote
the 90-day Body by Vi challenge. Kentuck is GOOD! My book is nearly finished
and ready to be published later this year," wrote Nancy. Plunkett, Jim: KFI, 1991-94. Jim
lives in Atherton in the Bay Area and owns a beer
distributorship in Stockton. The former Raider QB is involved
in some broadcasting in the Bay area.

(Casey Piotrowski, Cecilia Pedroza, Andy Park, and John Phillips)

Poetess:
KKBT, 1994-2006. Felicia Morris, AKA the Poetess worked at "the Beat."
She is now a producer and co-host on 'The Foxxhole,' Jamie Foxx's network on
Sirius/AM. Pohlman,
Tim: KTWV, 1992-2003. Tim is running the CBS cluster of radio stations in Phoenix.Polak, Frank: KMPC, 1978-80; KLAC,
1980-2009. Frank is in his 21st season as producer of Lakers
Basketball. In the summer of 1999 he was appointed Executive
Sports Producer, overseeing the Lakers and Anaheim Angels
baseball.Poland, David: KABC, 1999-2001. David left
KABC in early 2001. He hosts roughcut.com.Poland, Kay: KYMS, 1988-92; KEZY, 1996-97;
KWVE, 1999-2004. Kay is program/music director at KWVE. She used the
name Kay Lane prior to KWVE.Polish, Bill:
KPFK; KNX,
2001-04; KFWB, 2004-09; KNX, 2009-13. Bill was a news anchor at all-News KFWB.
He moved to KNX following a format flip at sister station, KFWB and now
anchors the evening news. He left KNX in 2014.

(Charles Payne, Maclovio Perez, Poorman, Shawn Parr,
and Dan Patrick)

Polk, David: KRKD, 1965; XPRS, 1973.
Unknown.Pollack, Frank: KDAY, 1958; KRLA, 1959-60. Frank
worked at KDAY and KRLA in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He
died from complications of Alzheimer's disease on October 24,
1999. Frank worked in Phoenix in the early '50s, having
started his radio career in Ohio, and he worked for KXIV
until leaving for KDAY. He went on to be one of the original
"11-10 Men" at KRLA when the station went rock and
roll. Frank returned to Phoenix in 1960 to work for KUPD and
stayed there for three years. He then returned to KXIV where
he stayed until 1984 when owner Ira Lavin sold the station. A
one-time member of Woody Herman's band, Frank was an avid
golfer and a collector of big band records. He owned
"hundreds and hundreds, if not thousands" of 78s,
according to longtime friend and former boss Lavin. "He
had a marvelous voice. He loved big band music. Frank was a
good golfer. Used to lie about his handicap - a lovable old
scoundrel." He was 80.Pomerance, Brad: KPPC,
1998-2007. Brad
went on to co-host Day Break OC until the fall of 2008.Pond, Bob: KGBS, 1968; KPPC, 1972-73; KPOL,
1972-75. Bob
is a
real estate broker selling in Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley.Poole, Gary: KQLZ, 1992-93; KLOS, 1995. Gary works at IDJMG
and manages a band
called "Among Thieves."

POPEJOY, Jack:
KGOE,
1972; KIIS, 1972-75; KPOL/KZLA, 1976-79; KLOS, 1979-80;
KFWB, 1986-2009;
KNX/KFWB, 2009-11. Longtime
KNX/KFWB news anchor, reporter and journalist diedFebruary 5, 2011. He was
63. Jack was
part of a
three-person
anchor team at
KNX along with Dick
Helton and Vicky
Moore since
February 2009.
He continued to
work on-air
until late
January.
Previously, from
1986 – 2009 he
worked at sister
station KFWB,
where he served
as the morning
news anchor
since 2000. Born in
Austin in 1947, Jack
grew up in the Delaware
Valley, living in New
Jersey, Delaware and
Pennsylvania. He
graduated from Amherst
College with a B.S. in
astronomy. He worked as
gm of the campus station
as well as other area
stations. After college
and Army basic training
to become a reservist at
Ft. Leonard Wood,
Missouri, he worked at
WMEX-Boston. He next
spent a year as a news
guy at
WPEN-Philadelphia. Jack
moved to Southern California to be production manager for Joey
Reynolds & Associates, a jingle company.

At KIIS, Jack
was hired as weekend dj
and weekday newscaster.
He was the first
national pd for the
“KIIS Concept
Syndication” (under Chuck Blore) before
Popejoy was named KIIS
pd at age 24. In 1976
he started as newscaster
for KPOL AM&FM before
being named pd of the fm
station in 1977. He
changed call letters to
KZLA, a soft album
rocker, before the
station was sold to
Malrite Communications
and changed formats to
Country. Popejoy
also did work on tv. In
the early 1980s he was
nd and anchor for a San
Francisco tv station. In
1983 Jack joined KCOP /
Channel 13 as a reporter
and fill-in anchor. Among
Popejoy’s passions were
astronomy and earthquake
studies. During the
California earthquakes,
he was the go-to guy for
KFWB and later KNX. Jack
was a long-time
consultant to the
Southern California
Earthquake Center.
Additionally, he was an
emergency management
associate for the City
of Los Angeles.

Since
1989, Popejoy had the
distinction of being an
Honorary Chief of the
Los Angeles Fire
Department. He covered
the space program and a
variety of science
topics on radio and tv
throughout his career. Jack also
was knowledgeable about
the financial world.
He’d periodically fill
in for Jim Newman on both KFWB and
KTLA/Channel 5 providing
updates from the Pacific
Stock Exchange in
Downtown Los Angeles.
A multiple-award winner
for broadcast
excellence, locally
Popejoy was recognized
in 1998 as Journalist of
the Year by the Society
of Professional
Journalists. He won 27
Golden Mikes from the
Radio Television News
Association of Southern
California, including a
best newscast award just
last month for Best News
Broadcast. He won eight
Press Club Awards.

Porras, Tony: KLAX, 2000-01. Tony works
evenings at Spanish KLAX.Porter, Ross: KABC, 1976-97; KXTA, 1998-02; KFWB,
2003-04.
Ross left the Dodger broadcast booth after 28 seasons in the fall of 2004. Porter, Scott: KSRF, 1991. Scott's now program director
back at the first station that ever let him grace their microphones,
WPBZ-Lock Haven, Pennsylvania.

POSTON, Ken:
KLON, 1987-99. Ken heads up the L.A. Jazz
Institute and produces and promotes jazz events throughout the year.

He got his start in his native Kansas City, attending the nearby
University of Kansas to study music. He became interested in the
history of jazz and began working in the university's jazz research
library. After graduation, Ken became involved with the Kansas City
Jazz Commission to preserve the city's jazz heritage. He started a
local jazz magazine and began teaching jazz history at area
universities.

In addition to his decade of work at KLON, he also taught jazz
history at UCLA and Long Beach State University. Ken is also the
director of the Sarasota Jazz Festival.

In 1987 he relocated to Los Angeles and joined KLON (now KKJZ) as the
Director of Concert Productions. During his eleven years at KLON, he
produced well over 100 concerts and festivals. In addition to his concert
production activities, Ken was also an on-air personality hosting the
popular 'Portraits in Jazz' program which became a Saturday morning mainstay
on the Los Angeles radio dial. In addition to 'Portraits in Jazz', he also
hosted a program for EuroJazz radio which was broadcast throughout Europe.
He has also written and produced many programs for national broadcast in the
United States.

Recognized as one of the foremost concert producers presenting jazz today,
he has also served as the Director of the Sarasota Jazz Festival and has
produced numerous events throughout the Los Angeles area. Poston is also
recognized as a jazz historian and an authority on the history of jazz on
the west coast. Over the years Poston has amassed a huge collection of Jazz
recordings and related memorabilia.

POTTER,
Peter: KLAC,
1945-50; KFWB,
1951; KLAC,
1951; KMPC;
KVFM,
1972. Creator of the Platter Parade
and Juke Box Jury
radio and tv shows, Peter was born William Moore in Henrietta,
Oklahoma,
on April 14, 1905. He worked Los Angeles
radio for a quarter of a century. He was one of the legendary "Big
5" disc jockeys on KLACalong with Dick
Haynes, Alex Cooper, Gene Norman
and Bob McLaughlin.

Peter broke into radio accidentally.
He had come to Los Angeles
during the Depression in 1934, after graduating from the University
of
New Mexico.

He studied drama at the Pasadena Playhouse, appeared in several
films including some Gene Autry westerns then went into radio.

While working in a furniture store, he wrote a radio script,
and it was picked up by KNX. Peter appearedon all three major radio
and tv networks.

On May 15, 1950, he did his first tv
show, the local Peter Potter Platter Party.

But it was Potter's Jukebox Jury on all three major
radio and television networks during parts of the 1950s that won
Emmy awards for the best entertainment program in 1953 and 1955.
Potter hosted the show, which featured panels of four celebrities
giving ad lib ratings of new records as hits or missesrs. Folsom
said. (Photo: Potter with Anthony Perkins and Tab Hunter)

In the
early 1960s, during the explosion of rock music, Peter commented on the
state of music in a Billboard
interview: "I've been a disc jockey since 1937, and I've taken pride in
being able to play the best in music. Top 40 programming is an inadequate
service to the public. Top 40 limits the audience to kids and they don't buy
the sponsor's product." He won Best Entertainment Emmys in 1953 and 1955. In
the early 1970s, he was heard on KVFM. He was married to singer Beryl Davis.
Peter died of a heart attack on April 17, 1983, at the age of 78. In poor
health, he had been living in Palm Springs.

(Tom Patterson with
Vin Scully)

Potts,
Tony: KFI, 2004. The entertainment reporter from Access Hollywood
joined KFI weekends in early 2004 and left at the end of the year. He
continues weekends at Access Hollywood.Powell, Dave: KJOI, 1976-79 and 1985-87. Dale is living in Seattle.Powell, Mike: KBCA, 1968. Unknown.Powell, Russ: KNX, 1961-80. Russ is retired and living in
Grass Valley.Power, Will: KSRF, 1992. Unknown.

(Nick Paul,
Julie Pilat,
Nancy Plum, and Molly Paige)

Powers,
Craig: KFXM, 1976-75; KUTE, 1976-77; KIIS, 1977-82; KFXM, 1982-85; KKHR,
1983-85; KEZY, 1985-91; KIKF, 1991-95 and 1999-2000; KMXN, 2000-02. Craig is
the vp of operations of Cameron Broadcasting, a six-station group in
Arizona, Nevada, and California. For much of the 2000s, Craig worked at
CBS/Las Vegas.

POWERS,
Francis Gary: KGIL,
1973. The Southern California Big Red Skywatch pilot was shot down
over Russia
on a reconnaissance mission during the Summit Conference in Paris
in 1960. In an unprecedented move, the United States traded spies
with the
Soviet Union, and Frank
came home in exchange for master spy Rudolf Abel in 1962.

When he grew weary of test piloting,
around 1970, Frank moved with his wife and two children to
StudioCity
and tried out as the backup pilot for Col. Bruce Payne
on KGIL.He commented at the time of his
promotion: "The higher you get, the greater the sense of detachment.
It's indescribable, but it's the detachment."

He died in a helicopter crash in the
San Fernando
Valley while doing
traffic reports for KNBC/Channel 4.

Powers,
Mike: KSWD, 2008-11. Mike joined Bonneville's 100.3/fm The Sound in
late spring of 2008 and left in the late spring of 2011.Prado,
Stella: KOST, 1991-2012. Stella was promoted to program director at KOST in
the early fall of 2003. She left Clear Channel following a downsizing in
December 2012. She's now with Salem/LA.

PRAGER,
Dennis: KABC,
1983-2000; KIEV/KRLA,
2000-2015. Dennis's show is billed as “talk about social issues from
an ethical perspective.” For 10 years he hosted "Religion on the
Line," a popular Sunday evening show on KABC that featured a Jewish
rabbi, Protestant minister and Catholic priest.

He did undergraduate work in
political-science at BrooklynCollege
and the University
of Leeds
in England
and graduate work as a fellow at ColumbiaUniversity's
School
of
International Affairs
and Russian Institute. In 1969, at the age of 21, he was the
national spokesman for the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry and a
delegate to the first Brussels World Conference on Soviet Jewry.
President Ronald Reagan appointed him a U.S.
delegate to the Vienna Review Conference on the Helsinki Accords to
negotiate human rights with the Soviet Union.
His on-air personality deals with moral issues. He is for moral
revenge and for capital punishment as an instrument of revenge.

In late
1984 an early evening slot opened up on KABC when Hilly Rose
retired. Since 1985 Dennis has been the sole writer and publisher of
Ultimate Issues, a journal with
more than 20,000 readers worldwide which focuses on life's greatest
political, social, philosophical and religious questions and events. The
conservative talk show host on KABCstarted a half-hour talk show in
September of 1994 on KTTV/Channel 11.He co-authored The
Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism
which is the most widely used introduction to Judaism in the world. Dennis
authored Why The
Jews? The Reason For Anti-Semitism.
Since 1994 he had been working middays on KABC's "TalkRadio."

Dennis moved over
to Salem’s
KIEV,
which became KRLA, in 2000 where he does mid-mornings.

Pratt, Jim: KROQ, 1997; KYSR,
1997-2004. Jim
is imaging director at "Star 98.7."Prell, Jon: KIKF, 1988-90. Jon is the
pd and morning talent at WKDQ-Evansville, Indiana.Prescott, Bill: KMET, 1981.
Bill works at KNRK-Portland.Prescott, Pat: KTWV, 2001-15. Pat hosts the morning show at KTWV, "The
WAVE. She started at the WAVE as Dave Koz's co-host
April 15, 2001. Over the years she has been teamed with Brian McKnight and
Kim Amidon.Presher, Dave: KMEN/KGGI, 1994-95;
KPWR,
1996-97; KTWV, 1997. Dave left his post as gm at KRBV-Dallas in the fall of
2001 and now runs the Riviera Broadcast Group in Las Vegas.Press,
Bill: KABC, 1990; KFI, 1991-96; KRLA, 2009-11; KTLK, 2011-13. Bill is a syndicated radio host and regular
contributor to the Huffington Post.

(Brad Pomerance, Star Parker,
and Steve Propes)

Price, Gary:
KHJ/fm, 1971-72; KROQ, 1972-73;
KDAY, 1973-83; KNAC, 1984-95. Gary is working as a sales
consultant for Fred Sands.Price, Gene: KDAY, 1966-67; KLAC, 1970-71;
KFOX, 1972; KIQQ, 1973-74; KIIS, 1974; KLAC, 1975-84; KIKF,
1985-90; KLAC, 1990-93. Gene works at Western International
Media.Price,
Jeremy: KXMN, 2001-02. He now works under his given name, Jeremy Pritchard.Price,
John: KRLA, 1968-73; KIEV, 1980-85. John is a freelance engineer with
Citadel Broadcasting, Sirius Satellite Radio and the Museum of TV & Radio. Price, Mary: KWIZ, 1978-81; KGGI, 1982-84;
KZLA, 1984-89; KRTH, 1992; KCBS, 1992-2005; KMZT, 2005-06; KFSH, 2011-15; .
Mary is part of the Fish Family Friendly morning show, as Mary Hughes.Price, Ron: KXMX, 1999. The former program
director at KXMX has similar chores for the "Mix"
station in Phoenix.Price, Tony: KGFJ, 1972. Unknown.Princi, Carl: KWKW, 1952-53; KFAC, 1953-87;
KKGO, 1990-92. Carl passed away in the early 1990s.Pringle, Oogie: KWIZ, 1985-87. Oogie
committed suicide in 1987.Pritchard, Jeremy: KMXN, 2001-02. Jeremy worked weekends at the
Orange County COOL station. Since 2003, he's been with Lincoln Financial
Media in San Diego in various capacities, most recently assistant
engineer/IT for fm properties: KBZT, KIFM, and KSON.Proctor,
Mel: KXTA/KTLK, 2003-05. The former sports broadcaster with the Texas Rangers,
Baltimore Orioles, San Diego Padres and LA Clippers, is now the tv play-by-play voice
of the Washington Nationals.

(Ray Peyton, Vivian Porter, Waco Pat, and Bill Polish)

Proctor,
Phil: KROQ. Phil was first heard on the Firesign Theatre at KROQ. He is
active in a voiceover career and can be heard in Toy Story, A
Bug's Life, Monsters, Inc., and Finding Nemo.Propes, Steve: KLON, 1981-92. Steve
does consulting work in the history of rock & roll,
record evaluation for the biggest company in the rare record
business, Good Rockin' Tonight and he is heard on RockitRadio.net. Pugsley,
Robert: KPFK, 1979-86 and 1990-93. Since 1978, Robert has been a professor
of law at Southwestern University School of Law.

PULSIPHER,
Mike: KNX.
Longtime KCBS-San
Francisco and CBS news
anchor enjoyed a 40 year
career in radio news. He
worked at KFBK in
Sacramento before
joining CBS as an anchor
and reporter at KNX.
Mike worked at KCBS
twice, starting as the
afternoon news anchor in
the 80s, with a tour of
duty in New York as an
anchor for the CBS Radio
network news in
between. Mike died
January 8, 2011, at the age of 61.

Mike loved radio news,
truly enjoyed sharing
information with
listeners, and was
extremely proud of his
career with CBS and
KCBS.

Pullman,
Jason: KYSR, 2003-05. Jason worked afternoons at "Star 98.7" until early
fall of 2005. He now works mornings at the Country Bull at 94.9/fm in Atlanta.

PURCELL, Bob:
KFI/KECA, 1942-45; KFWB,
1956-62. While waiting for the curtain to rise on the
Civic Light Opera presentation of Man of La Mancha
starring Bob Purcell as Cervantes/Quixote, you would be
aghast reading in the program about the career of the star.
He was known in Southern California as the general manager
during the launch of historic "Color Radio" on
January 2, 1958. A month after the launch Bob wrote pd Chuck
Blore, the djs and newsmen: "Our total broadcast week is
composed of 585,000 seconds. Each one of those seconds must
be full, alive, bright, and alert. None should pass by
un-noticed, each single second shall carry a full complement
of colorful programming. In every five minute period you are
each responsible for as many as 300 seconds, each one of them
is a definite part of the KFWB sound, never let them go by
emptily or dully. P.S. Have you tightened up lately."

Another phase of Bob's success in Southern California
predated KFWB, when the 6 foot, 5 inch broadcaster was named
the program director of KTTV/Channel 11 in 1949. Bob started
his radio career as a singer at age 14 at WHAM-Rochester
where he was born May 11, 1912. In the '30s he spent 8 years
with WCFL-Chicago as staff announcer as well as hosting
"Make Believe Danceland." While in Chicago he
suffered a street accident that canceled his Army 1-A status.

When he arrived in the Southland in 1942 he acted in several
films, notably Forever Amber and The Bride Wore
Boots. In the mid-1960s Bob and his wife Jane moved to
Yucca Valley where he made use of his real estate brokers
license. For the next 14 years he participated in theater
companies all over Southern California.

In 1982 he retired to
Laguna Hills. Bob was terminally ill for the last two years
before his death on August 5, 1987. He was 75.A
columnist who knew Bob well wrote: "Purcell was the
inherently lazy type of hard worker, ambitious but not
ridiculously so. He had humor and a sense of proportion, he
was free from swank, inspired confidence and loyalty."
His wife remembered, "Bob had an unquenchable curiosity;
everything he pursued was a challenge. His hobbies or
avocations included Japanese Sumi painting, lectures on
Chinese calligraphy, classical guitar, flute, recorder,
amateur radio [he ran 5,000 phone patches during the Vietnam
crisis for our servicemen] and even piano tuning."

(Pat Prescott, Natalie Page, Stella
Prado, and Bernie Pearl)

PUTNAM, George:
KFI; KIEV, 1975-2000; KRLA, 2001;
KPLS,
2001-03; KSPA, 2004-05; KCAA, 2005-08. George, a familiar face and voice on tv
and radio news and talk radio for over a half
century, died September 12, 2008. He was 94 and despite his failing
health, he managed to participate in his noon time
show heard on CRN Digital Radio, sometimes from his
hospital bed right up until his death.

George was born in Breckenridge, Minnesota
on July 14, 1914. In college he was freshman class
president, champion orator, ran on the track squad and
played basketball and football. In 1934 George started his
broadcasting career at WDGY-Minneapolis and then
KSTP-Minneapolis/St. Paul. From there he went to NBC in New
York where he did 14 programs a week, concentrating on news
and special events. He shared the role of commentator for
Fox Movietone News with Lowell Thomas.

During World War II as a Marine first
lieutenant he won two citations. After the war he was seen
and heard on the Mutual Broadcasting System, BBC and the Du
Mont Television Network. Walter Winchell once said: "George
Putnam's voice is the greatest in radio and television."
George moved to Los Angeles in 1951 and
soon ruled the Los Angeles airwaves as the city's top
newscaster and perhaps its most omnipresent tv personality.
His program George Putnam and the News appeared on
every local independent broadcast tv station. In those days
of early, low-tech tv news there were often flubs and once,
Putnam breathlessly introduced "unedited" footage of a brush
fire, which proved a mistake, since the footage included a
firefighter relieving himself at the edge of the blaze.

George eventually became the country's
highest-paid newscaster. He starred with Mort Sahl in
a nationally syndicated tv show entitled Both Sides Now.
Virtually inventing the image of the local tv anchorman, he
was a bombastic figure, flamboyant in his stylishly tailored
suits who looked straight into the camera as if speaking
directly to viewers. He dated starlets, drove a sports car,
owned a yacht and rubbed elbows with actors, Mayor Sam
Yorty, Gov. Ronald Reagan and President Nixon. He once
cajoled Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir into giving him
her recipe for chicken soup and got 200,000 requests for it
through on-air promotion. He has been the recipient of over 300
awards and citations including a Star on the Hollywood Walk
of Fame. His "Talk Back" show was a two-decade institution
on KIEV. George lived on his ranch in Chino, where over the
years he raised more than 400 thoroughbreds.

During the
summer of 1996 George appeared in the blockbuster film,
Independence Day. His signature line was: "And that's the
up-to-the-minute news - Up to the minute, that's all
the news! - See you then!"

PYLE, Ed:
XTRA; KFWB, 1969-71 and 1974-84;
KNX,
1985-2006. After 47 years as a broadcast journalist, Ed retired from his KNX news director position in early 2006 and
now lives in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Under Ed’s
leadership, the KNX news staff amassed scores of awards for
broadcast and journalism excellence. Pyle, who has spent the past 20
years at KNX and 13 more at sister station KFWB, received numerous
awards from the Radio-Television News Association of Southern
California, the Associated Press and the Los Angeles Press Club. In
2004, the Los Angeles chapter of the Society of Professional
Journalists named Pyle Radio Journalist of the Year.

“Ed Pyle has quietly been one of the best
journalists in Los Angeles history,” said KABC’s Dan Avey at the
time of Ed's retirement. “In 1984, when a guy hit the accelerator
and intentionally mowed down a bunch of people on the sidewalks in
Westwood Village the night before the Olympics, Ed was the first
newsman on the scene. KFWB [Ed was assistant nd] had a near
exclusive on the ‘is it terrorism?’ story because most of the city's
news people were drinking free booze with the Olympic organizers at
a downtown hotel.”

“Ed Pyle is the last of a
breed of high principled, journalistically caring and hard charging news
directors,” wrote KNX reporter/anchor Bob Sirkin. “He's
also a damn good guy with a unique, quick wit. Without question, Ed is one
of the finest news editors I've ever had the privilege of working for. His
news sense and judgment is second to none!Even when Ed sent you out on a grade-B
must-cover story; you knew his heart was still in the right place. In
today's world of broadcast journalism, you don't replace an Ed Pyle. You
only hope for the best.”

Born in 1939, in Paramus, New Jersey, Ed was raised
in Plant City, Florida. He was raised in central Florida, where he attended
the University of South Florida in Tampa. His broadcasting career began when
he was with the US Army, during which we received the Army Commendation
Medal for his work as a tv news anchor. Before getting to the Southland, Ed
worked for a variety of radio stations in Tampa/St. Petersburg as a dj and
newsman. He came to California to work for XTRA News 690, the world’s first
all-News station.

PYNE, Joe:
KABC, 1960-64; KLAC, 1964-69. "No one conducts the straight,
hard-hitting interview as well as Joe Pyne, the master
showman of the talk realm," according to the LA
Times in 1967. Born in Chester, Pennsylvania, he joined
the U.S. Marine Corps upon graduation from high school. In
World War II he won three battle stars and lost his left leg.

Joe started his radio career at WCAM-Camden while studying at
a Philadelphia dramatic school. He worked in Canada, Delaware
and Arizona. By the time he arrived in the Southland it was
estimated that he commanded $2,000 a week for four broadcast
days. He could be heard telling a caller he disagreed with to
"go gargle with razor blades."

At the peak of his
career, in 1966, he had a syndicated tv talk show on
Metromedia stations and a syndicated radio show on 254
stations. A heavy smoker, he once said that although he
realized cigarettes might cause cancer, he would "rather
take a chance than be a fat neurotic." When he learned
he had cancer, he stopped smoking. For a few months he began
broadcasting from his home until he quit radio and tv in 1969
due to illness.